New mayor, council eye water, sewer project

City already signed on under previous administration

10:11 PM,
Jul. 22, 2013

Written by

Brian Eason
beason@jackson.gannett.com

Jackson's $90 million water and sewer project remains in limbo while a new administration and City Council subject it to another round of scrutiny.

But at this point, city leaders are finding few attractive options other than proceeding with the deal, which former Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. said is the largest infrastructure project in the city's history.

Under the terms of the project, known as an energy performance contract, Siemens would install new waters meters, upgrade the city's billing software, replace equipment at the two water plants and repair water and sewer lines - all of which ...